Can You Watch This Without Getting Angry?
CGP Grey · 6 HN recommendations
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CGP Grey explains how ideas spread like germs, and why content that triggers outrage spreads fastest, using a study on what makes online content viral. He argues that opposing outrage-driven memes feed each other.
Why HN recommends it: HN links it constantly in threads on social media, polarization and outrage as the canonical explanation of why angry content wins.
“Great TED talk on the original twitter kerfuffle referenced in the article” Read on HN ↗